Army North Soldiers demonstrate physical prowess at Best Warrior Competition

1 / 3Show Caption +Hide Caption –CAMP BULLIS, Texas " Spc. Malcolm Knox, Operations Company, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), makes pumping out push-ups look easy May 13 as Staff Sgt. Charles Ridgeway, Operations Company, Army North, grades him during the Army Physical Fitness Test portion of the Joint Base San Antonio 2013 Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year "Best Warrior" Competition. The event is being held May 13-17 at Camp Bullis and Fort Sam Houston. Knox, originally from Baton Rouge, La., is one of three Army North Soldiers in the competition, which also includes Soldiers from U.S. Army South, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, U.S. Army Southern Regional Medical Command and U.S. Army Installation Management Command. Later in the week, the Soldiers will be tested on their ability to successfully complete a multitude of Soldier tasks and skills, such as day and night land navigation, combatives, weapons qualification, an oral board and a written examination. The two other Soldiers from Army North are Staff Sgt. Jason Proefrock, Intelligence and Sustainment Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, and Staff Sgt. Jason Ruiz, Headquarters Support Company, HHBn. (Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Corey Baltos, U.S. Army North)VIEW ORIGINAL2 / 3Show Caption +Hide Caption –CAMP BULLIS, Texas " Staff Sgt. Jason Ruiz, Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), strides his way toward the finish line May 13 at the 2-mile run portion of the Army Physical Fitness Test during the Joint Base San Antonio 2013 Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year "Best Warrior" Competition. Ruiz, originally from Deltona, Fla., along with two fellow Army North Soldiers, Staff Sgt. Jason Proefrock, Intelligence and Sustainment Company, HHBn, and Spc. Malcolm Knox, Operations Company, HHBn, are competing in the week-long competition, which will culminate with a barbecue May 17 at Army North's historic Quadrangle. Also competing are Soldiers from U.S. Army South, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, U.S. Army Southern Regional Medical Command and U.S. Army Installation Management Command. (Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Corey Baltos)VIEW ORIGINAL3 / 3Show Caption +Hide Caption –CAMP BULLIS, Texas " Staff Sgt. Jason Proefrock, Intelligence and Sustainment Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), knocks-out another sit-up as he attempts to max the Army Physical Fitness Test May 13. Staff Sgt. Jason Ruiz holds his ankles as Staff Sgt. Charles Ridgeway grades the event. Ruiz is from Headquarters Support Company, HHBn, Army North, and Ridgeway is from Operations Company, HHBn. Proefrock, originally from Buffalo, N.Y., is taking the APFT as part of the Joint Base San Antonio 2013 Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year "Best Warrior" Competition. Thirty-six Soldiers from U. S. Army North, U.S. Army South, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, U.S. Army Southern Regional Medical Command and U.S. Army Installation Management Command are competing in the week-long competition that culminates May 17 with a barbecue Friday at the historic Quadrangle. (Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Corey Baltos)VIEW ORIGINAL